Okay, that’s a lot of criticism. So who’s in favor of this bill? One group that’s been broadly supportive of the bill is children’s charities. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), for example, has called the Online Safety Bill “an urgent and ne...
Among the bill's backers have been charities like the NSPCC, safety group the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), bereaved parents who say harmful online content contributed to their child's death, and sexual abuse survivors. Ahead of the bill facing its final stages in ...
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privacy concerns. I don't think this is the first time we are witnessing Government(s) demand a "backdoor" undermining encrypted messaging protocols. The latest salvo where Meta-owned WhatsAppopposesthe proposed UK’sOnline Safety Bill(OSB) has once again fueled the decades...
Andy Burrows, head of child safety online policy at the NSPCC, said: "The Online Safety Bill is a crucial piece of legislation that is fundamentally about protecting children from harm and abuse that is taking place on an industrial scale on social media. ...
Politics Technology NSPCC Child grooming Tuesday 15 August 2023 at 7:11amA child using a laptop Credit: PA Tens of thousands of online grooming crimes have been recorded during the wait for updated online safety laws, as campaigners urged no more delays to the Online Safety Bill. The ...
The Online Safety Bill has taken years to agree and will force firms to remove illegal content and protect children from some legal but harmful material. Children’s charity the NSPCC said the law would mean a safer online world. But critics argued it would allow a regulator, and tech firms...
Richard Collard, NSPCC associate head of child safety online policy, said: “We cannot underestimate the sheer number of children of all ages that are being exposed to online pornography on a daily basis.” Speaking about the Online Safety Bill, he demanded “strong measures” and argued that ...
Richard Collard, Associate Head of Child Safety Online at theNSPCC, said: Children can be particularly vulnerable to content that encourages or assists self-harm and everything possible should be done to protect them from it while they are online. ...
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